Daily Media Digest October 21, 2021

Some fully vaccinated people have died of COVID-19. What you need to know
Global News
“… vaccine is even worth it at all,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health and the University Health Network in Toronto.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine, breakthrough cases, delta variant, University Health Network

COVID-19: London, Ont. researchers to study impact on brain of ‘moral injury’ in health-care workers
Global News
“Researchers out of Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University’ Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry will be examining the …”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, moral injury, mental health, Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University

Terry Fox to be celebrated on U of T’s Rehabilitation Sciences Building with one of five mural designs
University of Toronto
“… the institute has provided tens of millions of dollars to support cancer research at the University Health Network and U of T – primarily to …”
TAGS: cancer, innovative research, Terry Fox, Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum RI, University Health Network

Pandemic linked to significant jump in screen time for kids
CTV News London
“… an assistant professor in Western’s Faculty of Education and a Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Learning Disorders.”
TAGS: mental health, developmental health, pandemic, Western University

Gilead Sciences Announces Veklury® Donations to Help Address the Ongoing COVID-19 Crisis in …
Stockhouse
“The Veklury donations will complement the supply of generic remdesivir provided through Gilead’s voluntary licensing program. Gilead is working …”
TAGS: remdesivir, COVID-19, donation, Gilead Sciences